Number 1	Number 2

No. 1 (1954). 58 small size Serizawa katazome stencils tipped, at the top, to 30 pages. In volume number 1 the title is tipped onto to the front cover. The stencil art includes: the Goddess of Mercy (1), book titles (3), book plates (16), match labels (18), address book covers (16), New Year cards (2). The title page (1) and colophon (1) are also stencil art tipped to page.. The pages are unnumbered and the title page and colophon page are included in the total of 30 pages. The largest stencil art is the colophon and it measures 12 x 12 cm. The smallest stencil art measures 4.5 x 5 cm and is the match labels. The stencil art is protected by small tissue guards that are inserted loose between the pages. The case for volume number 1 is a warp-around cardboard case with a tipped on katazome label. The colophon dates this book 1954.1 and notes it is limited to 100 copies. An inventory by stencil and page as listed in the contents page is here. Two folded inserts are sometimes found in Volume 1. The inserts are pictured here.

No. 2 (1955). 29 small size Serizawa katazome stencils tipped, at the top, to 30 pages. In volume number 2 the title is stenciled in gold directly on the front cover. The stencil art includes two Okinawa bingata art type prints ("Bingata" and "Farm House"). The pages are unnumbered and the title page and colophon page are included in the total of 30 pages. The back side of the title page is blank and it is included in the total of 30 pages. There are 29 pages with tipped on stencil art. The largest stencil art is the colophon and it measures 14.7 x 14.7 cm. The smallest stencil art measures 7.5 x 9 cm and is the match labels. No tissue guards were found in the Volume 2 that I examined. The case for volume umber 2 is a slip-in cardboard case with a tipped on katazome label. The colophon dates this book Showa 30 (1955).8 and notes it is limited to 200 copies.

General Comments Regarding this Set of Books. I believe that this is a set of four volumes that were published during the period from 1954 through 1964. I have only actually confirmed volumes No. 1, 2 and 4. The books are the same size and bound in the same manner. This set is a collection of Serizawa's "sho'hinshu" works (small works like bookplates, matchbox covers, book covers, New Year's cards, etc).

No. 1 (January, 1954). 58 small size Serizawa katazome stencils tipped, at the top, to 20 pages. Wrap-around case. Contents insert. Loose tissue guards. Limited to 100 unnumbered copies.

No. 2 (August, 1955). 29 small size Serizawa katazome stencils tipped, at the top, to 29 pages. Slip-in case. Contents and Serizawa bibliography insert. No tissue guards. Limited to 200 unnumbered copies.

No. 3. Information not available.

No. 4. (1962) 55 small size Serizawa katazome stencils tipped to 36 pages. I do not know if the title page and colophon katazome are included in this count but I presume that they are. Limited to 200 unnumbered copies.

 
Title Page

 
Contents Insert

 
Sample Page

 
Colophon

1954.1 (far right column)
100 copies produced (far left column)

 
Case (wrap-around)

 
Title Page

 
Contents Insert

(includes biography and "Career" summary which stops in 1951)

 
Sample Page

Left - "Children of the Snow" -- Right - "Happy New Year"

 
Sample Page

Left "Beginning of Spring" -- Right - "Farm House (Bingata)"

 
Colophon

Showa 30 (1955).8 (far right column)
200 copies produced (far left column)

 
Case (slip-in)

 
*Nobiru Gajo Book Construction Technique. This is an accordion (orihon) type book composed of double-leaved album pages. It is similar to the nori-ire gajo (single sheets) technique but it employs two separate pieces of paper for each page (not one as in nori-ire gajo). Each page is folded in half and then they are tipped together at both the fore edge (outside edge) and back edge (spine edge). Because all of the pages (including the adjacent folded pages) are joined together at the back edge (spine edge), they can not be folded out accordion style. For a view of the pages from the bottom looking up click here.